Window-screen.



PATENTED 0015.30, 1906.

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4 APPLIOATIOR FILED A PE. 12. 1906.

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' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

' EDWIN A. REITZ, OF BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA.

WINDOW-SCREEN.

Patented Oct. 30, 1906.

Application filed April 12, 1906. Serial ND- 311,298.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWIN A. REI'rz, a citizen of the United States,residing at Butler, in the county of Butler and State of Pennsylvania,have invented certain new and useful Improvements ,in Window-Screens;and I do declare the following to he a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in The object of the invention isto provide a window-screen adapted to be adjusted laterally to fitdifierent widths of windows and having means whereby the parts of thescreen may be held or locked in their adjusted positions.

A further object is to provide means whereby said screen may be slidablyengaged with the window-frame.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists ofcertain novel features of construction, combination, and arrangement ofparts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

ably" supporting the screen in the window.

Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of a portion of the groove member ofthe screen-guide, and Fig. 5 is a similar view of a portion of thetonguemember of the guide which is adapted to be secured to thewindowframe.

l Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 denotes the screen,which is here shown as formed of two laterally-adjustable sections'2,the upper and lower rails of which are recessed at their meeting ends toform overlapping projections 3 ,which slide upon a each other to permitthe sections of the screen to be adjusted to fit various widths of win-The netting 4 or covering of the screen-frame is extended from the fullwidth of each section, so that when the recessed ins ner ends of theframe are engaged the inner edges of said netting willoverlap, as shown.The outer edges of the netting 4 are preferably secured to the frame ofthe screen by strips 5, which are tacked or otherwise secured to theframe.

Arranged on one side of the upper and lower rails of the screen-frame,over the overlapping recessed inner ends of the sections thereof, areupper and lower locking-plates 6. These plates are provided near eachend with longitudinally-disposed slots 7,through which and into theadjacent ends of the rails or bars are adapted to be screwedclamping-screws 8, by means of which the plates 6 are clamped into rigidengagement with the rails or bars of the frame, thereby holding thescreen-sections in their adjusted positions.

In order that the screen may be held in sliding engagement with thewindow-frame,

ing here shown and are preferably in the form' of sheet-metal strips orsections 9 and 10. The strip or section 9 is bent longitudinally to forma groove 12 and laterally-projecting attaching-flanges 13, by means ofwhich said strip or section may be tacked or otherwise secured to theouter edges of the vertical rails or bars of the screen, as shown. Thestrip or section 10 is bent longitudinally to form a tongue 14 andlaterally-projecting attaching-flanges 15, whereby said section or strip10 is tacked or otherwise secured to the side of the window casing orframe either at the outside or inside of the window-sash, as desired.When the grooved strip or sections on the screen are engaged with thetongue strips or sections on the window-frame, the screen will be heldin sliding engagement with said frame, and by reason of the frictionalcontact of the tongue-and-grooved sections or strips of the guide saidscreen may be supported at any desired position.

A screen constructed and arranged as herein shown and described maybereadily fitted to any width of window, and when the guide-strips on saidscreen are engaged with the strips on the window-frame the same will beadj ustably held in position.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the inventionwill be readily understood without requiring a more extended exlanation.

Various changes in the orm, proportion, and the minor details ofconstruction may be resorted to without departing from the principle orsacrificing any of the advantages of claim.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

A window-screen formed in laterally-adjustable sections, the frames ofsaid sections having recessed, overlapping inner ends, overlappingsections of netting secured to said frame sections,longitudinally-slotted locking-plates arranged over the overlapping endsof the frame-sections, clamping-screws arranged in the slots of saidlocking-plates to lock said sections in their laterally-adjustedpositions, and means to hold said sections in sliding engagement withthe sides of the window-frame, said means comprising sheet-metalguidestrips, one of which 1s bent to form; a longitudinally-groovedstrip or section secured to the screen, and the other of which is bentto form a tongue strip or secmy hand in presence of two subscribingwitnesses.

EDWIN A. REITZ.

Witnesses:

JAMES E. MA SHALL, E. T. BURCI-IFIELD.

